The session will explore the role of digitalization in advancing sustainability, highlighting the synergies between technology, finance, and sustainable development. Drawing on Kazakhstan’s leadership in applying AI and GovTech
solutions in public services, as well as its success in attracting investment and building enabling policies for a thriving digital ecosystem, the discussion will focus on how this experience can be scaled across the broader Central Asian region. The session will also emphasize the growing role of the private sector and its
collaboration with governments in driving digital innovation to support sustainable development throughout Central Asia.
 

Participants:

Timur Turlov, CEO of Freedom Holding Corp.

Salome Zurabishvili, Executive Director, UN Global Compact GeorgiaNetwork

Aida Balayeva, Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of
Kazakhstan

Philippe Vogeleer, Independent Director, Freedom Holding Corp.

Dinara Seijaparova, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Central Asia
Network

Bagdat Mussin, Chair of the Board of Kazakhtelecom, Former Minister of
Digital Development of Kazakhstan

Renat Bekturov, Governor of the Astana International Financial Centre
(AIFC)